MOVING IN TWO COVERED WAGONS by Jesse Suttles In the winter of 1914, my Grand Dad, Joseph Monroe Suttles, moved his family from Russellville, Arkansas, in Pope County, to Dallas, Texas. Originally, he had planned to move to Rockwall, Texas, located about thirty five miles north of Dallas, where he had rented a farm, but […]
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It was the 5th largest industry in the USA but it has almost disappeared. Do you know what it was?
See larger image FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Tapestry of Love) (Paperback) List Price: $14.97 New From: $14.97 In Stock At the peak of popularity, this industry employed over 100,000 people and was in almost every city in the country. Now there is little evidence that it even existed. As cities grew, mass transit […]
Haunting [photographs] reveal the lives of largest migration in American history
See larger image Vinegar of the Four Thieves: Recipes & Curious Tips from the Past (Paperback) List Price: $12.77 New From: $12.77 In Stock The exodus from dried up farms due to the Dust Bowl was the largest migration in American history within a short period of time. Farmers affected by the Dust Bowl traveled […]
My Purse was Snatched when I went to University of Alabama and LSU game
My New Orleans Experience: My Purse was Snatched! By Jean Butterworth My son, Danny was the mascot, Big Al at the University of Alabama from 1985-87. On November 9, 1985, Bama was to play LSU, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. It was a long drive to Baton Rouge but a nurse friend, asked me […]
Barrier islands in Maryland and Virginia are sinking into the ocean due to global warming
While doing research for my historical fiction series, Tapestry of Love, which is set in the 17th century on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland, I discovered a considerable amount of history occurred on the off shore islands of Virginia and Maryland. I am saddened to see that today, many of these islands are gradually […]
Vintage pictures of the Night of terror that reshaped an island in Texas September 8, 1900
A Galveston Daily News reporter in 1900 said the story of the Sept. 8, 1900, hurricane could never truly be written. For many, no words could ever be spoken again about the deadly hurricane that reshaped the Gulf Coast forever. Galveston was a famous, booming resort town as far back as 1874 when a newspaper […]
British and Americans restore friendship where the Battle of Caulk’s Field in Maryland took place in 1814
CAULK’S FIELD HOUSE Built 1743 Especially interesting is this old farm to those fond of stories of the wars with Great Britain, for here in the moonlight of a hot summer night, August 31, 1814, in the early morning hours was fought a battle that was singularly important—the Battle of Caulk’s Field. Capt. Sir Peter […]
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is one of the earliest existing Episcopal Church buildings on the Eastern Shore
Surrounded by giant oaks and sycamores, by boxwood and fragrant pines, by tombs of the humble and the rich, St. Paul’s stands today a real monument to the energy and religious zeal of those Church of England members who settled in Kent in the colonial days of more than 200 years ago. St. Paul’s Episcopal […]
The picturesque [see vintage pictures] town of Bethel, Vermont had a doctor who made house calls on horse back
Bethel is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The town includes the locations of Bethel village, Bethel-Gilead, East Bethel, Lilliesville, Lympus (formerly Olympus), and West Bethel. Bethel was the first town created by the independent Republic of Vermont in 1779 and was named after the Biblical village of Bethel. The town of Bethel […]
I love rocking chairs – do you?
I LOVE ROCKING CHAIRS by Jean Butterworth I love rocking chairs! When I am out with my friends and I see a rocking chair, they say, “there goes Jean to the rocker”. I have always done my best reading, sewing or just thinking sitting in a rocking chair. This might have started when I was […]